Excerpt from The Newberry Family of Windsor, Connecticut, in the Line of Clarinda (Newberry) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut, 1634-1866IN ye Year of our Lord 1629, Divers Godly Persons in Devonshire, Somersetshire, Dorcetshire other places, Proposed a Remoue to New England, among whom were two Famous Ministers, viz. Mr. John Maverick_(who I suppose was somewhat advanced in Age) and Mr. John Warham (i suppose a younger Man), then a Preacher in y'3 Cityf'of Exon, or Exeter, in ye County of Devon. These good People met together at Plymouth, a Seaport Town in y8 S(1 County of Devon, in order to Ship themselues Families for New Eng land; and because they designed to line together after they should arriue here, they met together in the New Hospital in Plymouth and Associated into Church Fellowship, and Chose y8 S(1 Mr. Mauerick and Mr. Warham to be their Ministers and Officers keeping ye Day as a Day of Solemn Fasting Prayer, and ye Scl Ministers accepted of ye Call Expressed ye same; the Revd. Mr. John White of Dorchester in Dorcet (who was an active Instrument to promote ye Settlement of New England, and I think a means of procuring y Charter) being present Preaching y fore part of y Day, and in ye latter part of y Day they performed ye work aforesaid.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.